Development of a method for the analysis of underivatized amino acids by liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry: Application on Standard Reference Material 1649a (urban dust)

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• 作者：Francesca Buiarelli ; Valentina Gallo ; Patrizia Di Filippo ; Donatella Pomata ; Carmela Riccardi
• 关键词：Atmospheric amino acids ; Standard Reference Material 1649a ; Liquid chromatography&ndash ; tandem mass spectrometry ; Underivatized amino acid detection ; Method development
• 刊名：Talanta
• 出版年：2013
• 出版时间：15 October, 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：115
• 期：Complete
• 页码：966-972
• 全文大小：1179 K

文摘

A liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry analytical procedure has been developed for the detection and quantitative determination of underivatized amino acids at low concentrations in a Standard Reference Material¡ªurban dust. In order to minimize interferences of other compounds, an accelerated solvent extraction followed by a solid phase extraction on two different cartridges was applied prior to LC-MS-MS.

Fourteen amino acids were separated by high resolution liquid chromatography, detected and quantified by multiple reaction monitoring on a triple quadrupole. The proposed methodology has been applied for the first time on Standard Reference Material 1649a (urban dust) from the National Institute of Standards and Technology, that does not report certification values for these compounds.

This methodology avoids the derivatization step and allows the amino acid quantification in a complex matrix, such as that of atmospheric particulate matter, and represent a good method suitable to analyze this class of compounds in atmospheric aerosol.

The selected strategy demonstrated to be fit-for-purpose, by applying it to a real atmospheric sample with the aim to verify the efficacy of the study and to provide information about the organic matter content.